Air Canada A340-300 engine got hit by fuel truck at HKG (w/ photo)

[CathayPacific]

An Air Canada A340-300, operating flight AC080 to Vancouver from HongKong, got its no.4 engine hit by a fuel truck at HKG about 30min before departure. All 230+ passengers and crews were asked to leave the plane so the engine can be inspected. There was only minor damage to the hull of the engine. The damage was not fixed, however, in HKG since it is not a threat to safety. The flight finally departed 3hrs late and has already arrived at YVR at this moment. Airport Authority is now investigating why the accident happened.

Photo from Appledaily which was provided by a passenger on the plane:

[ACman]

"Sounds like someone had a case of the mondays!"

Geeze! How much would a new CFM engine cost? From what I seel I doubt AC will need to replace the engine totaly, just the cowling more so.

[Legend_Airlines]

Airport Authority is now investigating why the accident happened

Some idiot, I would imagine.

[MaxPower]

Some idiot, I would imagine.

***It was foggy and and --uhm and suddenly out of nowhere my truck stopped, i dont know where that came from*** Im sorry mr miyagi !!

[yyz-yvr]

Lucky there was no extensive damage.

[Legend_Airlines]

"Ummm, yeah, whaddya mean I hit the plane? It drove into me! When it was parked at the gate!"

[Cam]

"I'm really sorry. I was imagining I was driving the lunar rover...then everything stopped...."

[Da-BoB]

trust AC

[Cam]

trust AC

I don't think it had anything to do with AC. The fuel truck is operated by someone else.

[Crazy764]

trust AC

AFAIK, AC didn't drive the truck. So grow up and stop insulting AC at every opportunity.

[ACman]

trust AC

hehehehe , your becomming worse than I am with Westjet.

Its not AC's fault, Its the Fuel/Ground handling companys driver fault, not AC's. Now if the engine fell on the truck, now thats a different story.

You seriously need to drop it and grow up.

[yyz-yvr]

trust AC

Good thing he was just joking, or that would have been the stupidest comment ever.

[Legend_Airlines]

My moms going to one of their concerts here

How many Lil Jon shows has she been to?

that would have been the stupidest comment ever.

you mean like everything else?

[ACman]

Good thing he was just joking, or that would have been the stupidest comment ever.

I dont think he was joking.

[ptbodale]

Small correction. The flt was AC008-19. The acft is in YYZ MTC now (23:00-20) for #4 engine cowl repairs.